Gulick v. Gulick

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Beasley, C. J.

In the trial of a case on reference before Vice-Chancellor Bird, an attorney-at-law was offered as a witness in behalf of the respondent, to prove certain statements which had been made to-him by the appellant. A' motion was made at the hearing to exclude such testimony on the ground that the statements in question were made as part of a privileged communication from a client to his counsel. This contention prevailed, but, on an appeal to him, the chancellor took a different view, holding the testimony admissible for the reason that, in…